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My dear longtime friend, former roommate, studio neighbor, and partner in goofiness Carter, and her husband Mark are featured on the Apple Website in a profile for their company, India Rose. Congratulations! You both look so Hollywood good-looking and professional.
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We saw this movie last night, and I absolutely loved it. Eric rented it in an effort to get me to like the Beatles (I confess, I'm not a fan). The visuals were mesmerizing, the story was sweet and earnest, and I really loved the songs, so perhaps it is time for me to listen to the originals. Roger Ebert said that it's a rare musical where you walk into the theater humming the songs. He gave it four stars. Dear old Rodge.
Other movies I've seen recently:
Notes on a Scandal, creepy and delicious.
American Gangster, vivid, bloody, and a great showcase for two Hollywood giants, but too long!
There Will Be Blood, jarring, beautiful, but a bit of a head-scratcher for me.
Tonight we're going to Carl and Stephanie's for the Oscars. It's always a fun time because Steph is an Oscars superfan. Last year she had these amazing cookies.
What a week! We had a major presentation to do at work, and I put it together in Keynote (the Mac version of PowerPoint). It was a lot of work, with late nights and last minute catastrophes. But now I am good at Keynote, which is way sexier than PowerPoint. And the presentation went great. Yeay!
I'm hanging a show today at Brown Bear (289 Divisadero at Fell). The opening is tonight, from 5:00 to 8:00, so swing by if you're in the area. It's a cool stretch of Divisadero, with the Madrone Lounge just a block away, where you can still see my paintings (that show has been up for a long time.)
I'm hanging mainly collage at Brown Bear. Like these:
Stay warm and dry this weekend, San Franciscans. It's going to be wet and stormy. I plan on lots of movies, wine, and Eric's delicious cooking. (He's in the kitchen right now making a beef tenderloin pie. What a guy!)
One is for a commission, so I did a similar one for myself. (It's your choice which you want Leah)
Tonight we are having a party for my birthday, which is on Monday. I'm excited. I don't think we had a single party last year, because in 2006 we both turned 40 and we had two huge awesome parties - catered food (by talented foodie couple Margaret and Erik), hot bartender, the works - fun but expensive.
And of course the day after mine, I ended up in the hospital. Oh I was so in pain two years ago. I have had two years without a single twinge of that old pain, which we now know was Crohn's. I have no dietary restrictions at all, and it is amazing to be pain-free. Of course, because it doesn't hurt to eat anymore, none of my clothes fit me, but it's always something!
Great news from Ireland this week; continuing their tradition of having babies on or near holidays, my brother John and his wife Geraldine had their third baby girl on Valentines Day. Baby Ava joins sisters Chloe (born on Boxing Day) and Kaylin (born one day after St. Patrick's Day). We've seen pictures and she's beautiful!
Now a few pictures. Here is a rare shot of us when Eric had blond hair. This was in our apartment, taken by Amy.
And this is one of me in art college, circa '86. More than half my life ago!
And my sister Liz on her First Holy Communion. How cute and innocent she looks. Looking innocent was always her secret weapon.
I'm quite happy with this (a commission). It will be framed in black.
I did this one tonight too.
We had a lovely weekend, spending time at the studio and at home, enjoying the balmy spring weekend. It's zero degrees in Michigan right now. Eric is going there tomorrow. Wow, that's cold.
Two observations from the Grammys, on TV right now:
Musicians thank God in their speeches more than actors do.
Alicia Keys is smokin' hot.
We are at the studio and I'm going through boxes of old stuff, trying to get organized. I just found this hysterical newspaper clipping that my sister sent me years ago. Quite a prize!
Eric and I finally hired someone to work on the 3 Fish Studios site and I'm happy to announce that it's up, and it's looking great. Here's Eric's entry, with a link to Mark, the genius who made it happen in a timely and affordable manner. I love that we have a store and we're all linked up with PayPal. I think I'll keep my Etsy shop too though.
Talking of Etsy (my favorite Web business ever), today I am wearing an awesome new necklace from favorite Etsy seller Paraphernalia. It's based on an old anatomical illustration of the labyrinth, or inner ear. Look how eerie (ear-ie?) it is. It's like a sea creature, some exotic octopus. I remember learning in high school biology class that fluid moving in the three semicircular canals creates balance. (My memory seized the term "loop of Henle" from the vault, but I just looked it up and that's in the kidney.)
I have been a little busy to post much, but I will try harder, because this spring is shaping up to be full of exciting things. Can I start to talk about spring yet? When does it officially start anyway?
In other news, we have decided to share our studio space with a third artist. Our space is large and airy, a little extravagant for two people, but we really love it. Our rent went up and we started to look at a smaller space, but we decided that finding another artist was a better solution. Spread the word!
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